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This section includes 1049 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
251. |
*$_The term "Biocoenosis" was proposed by? |
A. | Transley |
B. | Carl Mobius |
C. | Warming |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Warming | |
252. |
*$________ is a marine tortoise which shows the unique phenomenon "arribada"? |
A. | Olive Ridley |
B. | Star Tortoise |
C. | Travancore Tortoise |
D. | A & C |
Answer» B. Star Tortoise | |
253. |
*$_Harnessing of nuclear energy often causes ________ pollution? |
A. | Air |
B. | Water |
C. | Thermal |
D. | Noise |
Answer» D. Noise | |
254. |
*$_The lower limit of water availability is soil is known as? |
A. | Field capacity |
B. | Hypolimnion |
C. | Thermocline |
D. | Wilting point |
Answer» E. | |
255. |
*$_What is the animal symbol of W. W. F (World Wildlife Fund) ?? |
A. | Red Panda |
B. | Giant Panda |
C. | Tiger |
D. | Kangaroo |
Answer» C. Tiger | |
256. |
*$_In which of the following the maximum plant diversity is found? |
A. | Tropical evergreen forests |
B. | Tropical moist deciduous forests |
C. | Sub tropical mountain forests |
D. | Temperate moist forests |
Answer» B. Tropical moist deciduous forests | |
257. |
*$_In grassland ecosystem, the pyramid of biomass is? |
A. | upright |
B. | inverted |
C. | spindle shaped |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. inverted | |
258. |
*$_Human population growth curve is a:? |
A. | S shaped curve |
B. | parabola curve |
C. | J shaped curve |
D. | zig zag curve |
Answer» D. zig zag curve | |
259. |
*$_According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs? |
A. | Is inversely proportional to the temperature |
B. | Is proportional to the temperature |
C. | Is inversely proportional to the pressure |
D. | Is proportional to the pressure |
Answer» B. Is proportional to the temperature | |
260. |
*$_Low level ozone is referred to as __________ ozone? |
A. | tropospheric |
B. | stratospheric |
C. | ionosperic |
D. | exospheric |
Answer» B. stratospheric | |
261. |
*$_A high density of elephant population in an area can result in? |
A. | mutualism |
B. | Intraspecific competition |
C. | Interspecific competition |
D. | Predation on one another |
Answer» C. Interspecific competition | |
262. |
*$_Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural history is located at ______? |
A. | Pune |
B. | Hyderabad |
C. | Kerala |
D. | Coimbatore |
Answer» E. | |
263. |
*$_Point Calimere sanctuary is situated in which state?? |
A. | Tamilnadu |
B. | Kerala |
C. | Karnataka |
D. | Gujrath |
Answer» B. Kerala | |
264. |
*$_Noise is measured using sound meter and the unit is? |
A. | hertz |
B. | decibel |
C. | joule |
D. | sound |
Answer» C. joule | |
265. |
*$_Which one of the following ecosystem type has the highest annual net primary productivity?? |
A. | Tropical deciduous forest |
B. | Tropical rain forest |
C. | Temperate deciduous forest |
D. | Temperate evergreen forest |
Answer» C. Temperate deciduous forest | |
266. |
*$_If the sun suddenly began emitting more energy, the earth's radiative equilibrium temperature would:? |
A. | Increase |
B. | Decrease |
C. | Remain the same |
D. | Begin to oscillate |
Answer» B. Decrease | |
267. |
*$_Light energy is transformed into chemical energy by? |
A. | Photosynthesis |
B. | Respiration |
C. | Recycling |
D. | Productivity |
Answer» B. Respiration | |
268. |
*$_Dodo is? |
A. | Endangered |
B. | Critically endangered |
C. | Rare |
D. | Extinct |
Answer» E. | |
269. |
*$_A strong radiation inversion is more likely to occur on a:? |
A. | Warm, windy night. |
B. | Cool, windy night. |
C. | Rainy night with light winds. |
D. | Clear night with light winds. |
Answer» E. | |
270. |
*/*_What is Plankton?? |
A. | Microscopic floating organisms - Plants and animals. |
B. | bottom dwelling aquatic organisms |
C. | large plants in water |
D. | none |
Answer» B. bottom dwelling aquatic organisms | |
271. |
*/*_Molten rock deep inside the earth is called? |
A. | core |
B. | valcano |
C. | lava |
D. | magma |
Answer» E. | |
272. |
*/*_A high Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) indicates that:? |
A. | water is pure |
B. | absence of microbial action |
C. | Low level of microbial pollution |
D. | High level of microbial pollution |
Answer» E. | |
273. |
*/*_The earth's radiation is often referred to as ________radiation, while the sun's radiation is often referred to as _________radiation.? |
A. | Shortwave, longwave |
B. | Shortwave, shortwave |
C. | Longwave, shortwave |
D. | Longwave, longwave |
Answer» D. Longwave, longwave | |
274. |
*/*_Hypothermia is most common in:? |
A. | Hot, humid weather |
B. | Cold, wet weather |
C. | Hot, dry weather |
D. | Cold, dry weather |
Answer» C. Hot, dry weather | |
275. |
*/*_In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called:? |
A. | Aerosols |
B. | Carcinogens |
C. | Greenhouse gases |
D. | Microbes |
Answer» B. Carcinogens | |
276. |
*/*_The destruction of habitat of plants and animals is called? |
A. | endemism |
B. | endangered species |
C. | habitat loss |
D. | flood |
Answer» D. flood | |
277. |
*/*_The combustion of waste in the absence of Oxygen is called? |
A. | Haemolysis |
B. | Pyrolysis |
C. | Hydrolysis |
D. | None |
Answer» C. Hydrolysis | |
278. |
*/*_The biggest award for environmental activities in India is given in the name of an individual. In whose name is it constituted?? |
A. | Lal Bahadur Shasthri |
B. | Morarji Desai |
C. | Indira Gandhi |
D. | Kamaraj |
Answer» D. Kamaraj | |
279. |
*/*__________ is the phenomenon where the earth retains heat.? |
A. | Air pollution |
B. | Green house effect |
C. | Global effect |
D. | Land pollution |
Answer» C. Global effect | |
280. |
*/*_Which among the following is mobile in nature?? |
A. | Primary productivity |
B. | Secondary productivity |
C. | GPP |
D. | NPP |
Answer» C. GPP | |
281. |
*/*_What is Carcinogen?? |
A. | Drugs for curing infectious disease |
B. | Drugs used for curing cancer |
C. | Cancer causing agent |
D. | Food colourants |
Answer» D. Food colourants | |
282. |
*/*_The effect of ozone depletion include? |
A. | UV light reaches the earth |
B. | affect the climate |
C. | cause skin cancer |
D. | all the above |
Answer» E. | |
283. |
*/*_Warming in the stratosphere is mainly caused by:? |
A. | Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone |
B. | Release of latent heat energy during condensation |
C. | Chemical reactions between ozone and chlorofluorocarbons |
D. | Frictional heating caused by meteorites |
Answer» B. Release of latent heat energy during condensation | |
284. |
*/*_The pollutant that causes hole in the ozone layer is? |
A. | SF6 |
B. | nitrousoxide |
C. | CFCs |
D. | PFCs |
Answer» D. PFCs | |
285. |
*/*_Trichodermaharzianum has proved a useful microorganism for? |
A. | reclamation of wastelands |
B. | bioremediation of contaminated soils |
C. | biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens |
D. | gene transfer in higher plants |
Answer» C. biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens | |
286. |
*/*_Any unfavorable alteration of the environment may be called as? |
A. | eutrophication |
B. | environmental pollution |
C. | biomagnigication |
D. | bioaccumulation |
Answer» C. biomagnigication | |
287. |
*/*_If there is no atmosphere, the colour of the sky will be? |
A. | white |
B. | colourless |
C. | blue |
D. | black |
Answer» E. | |
288. |
*/*_In the stratosphere, the air temperature normally:? |
A. | Decreases with increasing height |
B. | Increases with increasing height |
C. | Both increases and decreases depending on the season |
D. | Cannot be measured |
Answer» C. Both increases and decreases depending on the season | |
289. |
*/*_The movement "Beej Bachao Andolan" was aimed for the conservation of _______? |
A. | trees |
B. | shrubs |
C. | crops |
D. | coconut |
Answer» D. coconut | |
290. |
*/*_Earth summit of Rio de Janeiro (1992) resulted in? |
A. | Compilation of Red list |
B. | Establishment of biosphere reserves |
C. | Conservation of biodiversity |
D. | IUCN |
Answer» D. IUCN | |
291. |
*/*_Which of the following has the least similarity when comparing two examples of the same biome located in different parts of the world?? |
A. | Climate |
B. | Latitude |
C. | Continent |
D. | Elevation |
Answer» D. Elevation | |
292. |
*/*_As it travels along the food chain, the concentration of DDT? |
A. | increases |
B. | remains constant |
C. | decreases |
D. | fluctuates randomly |
Answer» B. remains constant | |
293. |
*/*_The crack marked on a glacier due to splitting of ice is called? |
A. | watershed |
B. | crevasses |
C. | delta |
D. | glacier |
Answer» C. delta | |
294. |
*/*_As the air temperature increases, with no addition of water vapor to the air, the relative humidity will:? |
A. | Remain the same |
B. | Increase |
C. | Decrease |
D. | Increase until it becomes equal to the dew point temperature |
Answer» D. Increase until it becomes equal to the dew point temperature | |
295. |
*/*_Man and biosphere programme is affiliated with? |
A. | UNESCO |
B. | IUCN |
C. | WWF |
D. | WIPO |
Answer» B. IUCN | |
296. |
*/*_Which of the following is an extinct species?? |
A. | Tiger |
B. | Lion |
C. | Dodo |
D. | Ostrich |
Answer» D. Ostrich | |
297. |
*/*_The unfavourable alteration of environment due to human activities is termed as? |
A. | ecological disturbance |
B. | catastrophe |
C. | ecological degradation |
D. | pollution |
Answer» E. | |
298. |
*/*_Which one of the following is the most stable ecosystem?? |
A. | Forest |
B. | Mountain |
C. | Desert |
D. | Ocean |
Answer» E. | |
299. |
*/*_The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?? |
A. | Maharashtra |
B. | Gujarat |
C. | Assam |
D. | Uttar Pradesh |
Answer» D. Uttar Pradesh | |
300. |
*/*_In a food chain of grassland ecosystem the top consumers are? |
A. | Herbivorous |
B. | Carnivorous |
C. | Bacteria |
D. | Either carnivorous or herbivorous |
Answer» C. Bacteria | |